# New Hampshire's 23rd State Senate district

New Hampshire's 23rd State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Bill Gannon since 2020, following his defeat of Democratic incumbent Jon Morgan. Gannon first represented the district from 2016-2018.

## Geography

District 23 is based in Rockingham County. The district is entirely located within New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.
Rockingham County - 18.2%
* Brentwood
* Chester
* Danville
* East Kingston
* Epping
* Fremont
* Kensington
* Kingston
* Newton
* Sandown
* Seabrook
* South Hampton

### Federal and statewide results

Results are of elections held under 2022 district lines.
| Year | Office | Results |
| 2022 | Senate | Bolduc 56 – 44% |
| 2022 | Governor | Sununu 67 - 33% |

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bill Gannon (Incumbent) | 22,670 | 62.36 |
| | Democratic | Brenda Oldak | 13,648 | 37.54 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 36 | 0.10 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,354 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2022

2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bill Gannon (incumbent) | 16,902 | 60.4 |
| | Democratic | Brenda Oldak | 11,064 | 39.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 27,966 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Historical election results

All election results below took place prior to 2012 redistricting, and thus were held under different district lines.

### 2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bill Gannon | 5,000 | 73.1 |
| | Republican | Allen Cook | 1,820 | 26.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,839 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Bill Gannon | 18,627 | 53.3 |
| | Democratic | Jon Morgan (incumbent) | 16,314 | 46.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,941 | 100 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jon Morgan | 12,911 | 50.2 |
| | Republican | Bill Gannon (incumbent) | 12,806 | 49.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 25,717 | 100 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

### 2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bill Gannon | 1,850 | 37.6 |
| | Republican | Bob Goodman | 1,358 | 27.6 |
| | Republican | Maureen Barrows | 923 | 18.8 |
| | Republican | Nancy Steenson | 788 | 16.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,919 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Bill Gannon | 17,337 | 56.5 |
| | Democratic | Alexis Simpson | 13,343 | 43.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,680 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Russell Prescott (incumbent) | 12,030 | 57.4 |
| | Democratic | Donna Schlachman | 8,915 | 42.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,945 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Russell Prescott (incumbent) | 3,415 | 77.0 |
| | Republican | Dennis Acton | 1,018 | 23.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,433 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Russell Prescott (incumbent) | 15,029 | 53.5 |
| | Democratic | Carol Croteau | 13,076 | 46.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 28,105 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2010

2010 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Russell Prescott | 11,001 | 53.4 |
| | Democratic | Maggie Hassan (incumbent) | 9,606 | 46.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,607 | 100 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |